High Performers Program
Coming 2025

Only Afternoon based program in the GTA

Elite Intelligence Hockey Academy is proud to introduce our High Performers Hockey Program starting in 2025. Our comprehensive approach to development is like no other program for young athletes.
We include both on and off-ice training, hockey IQ, mental toughness, nutrition for athletes, critical thinking, academic support, and more to ensure that each player has the capacity to grow in all aspects of the game.

We feel our HP program is most conducive to success with the student-athlete. Students begin their day at school which allows for school, hockey, homework rather than simply hockey training and a shortened school day.
With our in-house educational staff (qualified principal, guidance counsellor, and teacher) we dedicate time to homework & assignment management as well as supplementary focus on numeracy and literacy skills; increasing post-secondary options for student-athletes is our number one concern. Elite Intelligence Hockey Academy has over 25 years of experience in educational support including two current D1 NCAA athletes (one drafted to the NHL) and one NHL signed player.
Pickup will start at 11:30 AM and our program will run from Noon to 4PM, with the option of after school care. Pick up your son or daughter for hockey with homework done and ready to play. This will flip the traditional route of doing intense movement followed by sitting at a desk for hours. Allowing the brain to activate in the morning also leads to increased production on the ice and gym.

Program Details

On-Ice Skill Development

Skating, passing, shooting, and stickhandling skills will all be developed by our top tier coaches including ex pro defenceman Kolton Maguire, and Elite intelligence hockey academy owner Paul Raso. Players will be on the ice training 5 hours a week. 1.5 hours Tuesday and Wednesday. 1 Hour Monday and Thursday to heighten recovery and reduce strain heading into weekend games.

Athletes will receive personalized programs based on team schedules and will get to train all of the skills required in-house with our fully equipped gym and shooting range. This includes strength, power, speed, agility endurance, balance, coordination and more, programmed by Paul Raso (Personal trainer of NHL signed Ty Nelson). We also integrate recovery; including yoga, stretching protocols, nutrition information, meal prep ideas and efficient sleep schedules that support performance in the classroom and on the ice!!

Strength & Conditioning

Shooting Development & Testing

Daily use of our synthetic shooting range and in-house radar system, combined with instruction from shooting coach

Hockey IQ

Our program will include video sessions which will take a deeper look at games from every level. Players will learn develop areas like positioning, attack patterns, defensive strategies, etc. Our athletes wont just be building the physical side of the game but they will be building their IQ and combining this with cognitive development activities.

Cognitive Development

Daily focus on cognitive development with activities and exercises that focus on reaction time, coordination, decision making under pressure as well as strategies for success. We have a balanced mix of technology (NHL Sense Arena and exercises include but are not limited to VR (NHL Sense Arena) to chess, table tennis,

Goalie Training with Nick Dahan

Goalies will also have the opportunity to develop in our HP program with top end goalie coach Nick Dahan (Dahan goaltending and CIS Guelph University goalie coach) coming out two days a week. Nick will help with the form and technique during half the week, while the other half they will see plenty of repetitions from our players, working on perfecting what they pick up. Training off-ice in house will also allow our goalies to grow their personal athletic ability even faster.

Example of Daily Schedule